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Selections for Curragh – Sept. 13th 2026
1.45: COUL ANGEL – EW – (TOM MARQUAND/MICK APPLEBY, in GB) 2.15: STAR OF STATE (RYAN MOORE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.50: SUN GODDESS (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.25: STARLUST – EW – (ROSSA RYAN/RALPH BECKETT, in GB) 4.00: MONOGRAM (COLIN KEANE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.35: TRUSTYOURINSTINCT – EW – (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.10: THUNDERING ON (RYAN MOORE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.45: RETRACEMENT…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Sept. 12th 2026
1.35:MAIRE RUA – EW – (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 2.10: COLLECTING COIN – EW – (BILLY LEE/JENNIE CANDLISH, in GB) 2.45: QUEST FOR STARS – EW – (JAMES DOYLE/CHARLIE FELLOWS, in GB) 3 15: PURVIEW (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 3.55: BLUE BOLT (COLIN KEANE/ANDREW BALDING, in GB) 4.25: HAZDAAN – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 5.00: A…
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Selections for Ballinrobe – Sept. 11th 2026
3.24: DIVINE BELIEVER (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.59: RONNIE’S RASCAL (SEAN CLEARY-FARRELL (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.34: PILGRIM’S WALK – EW – (SHANE O’CALLAGHAN (3)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 5.09: COBRA QUEEN – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (5)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.40: STRAIGHT HOME (SEAN CLEARY-FARRELL (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.10: LAS BRISAS BOY – EW – (KIEREN BUCKLEY/EDDIE BUCKLEY) 6.40: MO GHILLE…
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Possibility, promise and a bit of pressure
As wedding presents go, taking ownership of one the most successful, fabled and admired horse training establishments on the planet is pretty much hitting the jackpot for somebody of that persuasion. Now, not for a moment is there any suggestion that the acquisition of Jim Bolger’s fabled Coolcullen estate anything other than a business transaction…
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Gut feeling is seldom wrong
If one was attempting to give GAA President Jarlath Burns the benefit of the doubt – for the 1500th time during his tenure – it could be said in his own misguided mind he may have considered he was responding to Mary McAleese’s strongly worded condemnation of the GAA’s Management Committee in equally coarse terms.…
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The best for last but all in vain
St Peters…2-15 Kilbride…0-11 Whilst writing the match report for Dunboyne’s SFC opening round draw against Rathkenny the point was made that their failure to close out the job on that evening would come back to bite them in the backside. And, though they produced their best display of the entire season against the other side…
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Selections for Cork – Sept. 9th 2026
4.10: ZOAR (PADDY HARNETT (3)/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 4.40: TIMUCUA GOLD – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 5.10: NOUVEL ESPOIR – EW – (SHAY WALLACE (7)/JIMMY BARCOE) 5.45: FLAMBE FLEUR – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.15: GREEN KITE – EW – (COLIN KEANE/KEVIN COLEMAN) 6.45: ALMEIYDA (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD/ 7.15: SHERKIYA – EW – (CHRIS…
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Selections for Galway – Sept. 8th 2026
3.43: CITY OF GOLD (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 4.18: LADY ARWEN (BILLY LEE/CONOR O’DWYER) 4.53: NAZARIO – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.30: KATIRAYA – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 6.00: LONGSEOIR (COLIN KEANE/MICHAEL GRASSICK) 6.30: SNAPRETEND – EW – (SCOTT MCCULLAGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 7.00: CANON LAW – EW – (KEITHEN KENNEDY/BRENDAN W. DUKE) 7.30: ZADAWA (CHRIS…
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Dunboyne do Major amount to secure victory in first half
ST PETERS…5-14 SKRYNE…1-09 Despite there being a crestfallen cloud engulfing the black and amber camp after the senior team produced their best display of the season against Kilbride all to no avail, those in reserve for that one also put in a clinical shift to advance to the All County IFC semi final. With the…
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Meath Football Championships Knockout Fixtures
Following Sunday evening’s conclusion of the group stage action across the various grades on the club scene in the Royal County, the draws for the quarter finals and semi finals – those concerning both promotion and/or advancement in the SFC or those trying to avoid the relegation trap door. There’s no doubting the standout pairing…
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